Denise F Polit
Biographic Data
| ID | 148588 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Denise F Polit |
| GIVEN NAMES | Denise F |
| FAMILY NAME | Polit |
| SIGNATURE | POLIT D F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Getting serious about test–retest reliability
Gender Bias Undermines Evidence on Gender and Health
Generalization in quantitative and qualitative research
Is the CVI an acceptable indicator of content validity? Appraisal and recommendations
Nurse researchers typically provide evidence of content validity for instruments by computing a content validity index (CVI), based on experts' ratings of item relevance. We compared the CVI to alternative indexes and concluded that the widely‐used CVI has advantages with regard to ease of computation, understandability, focus on agreement of relevance rather than agreement per se, focus on consensus rather than consistency, and provision of both…
The content validity index
Scale developers often provide evidence of content validity by computing a content validity index (CVI), using ratings of item relevance by content experts. We analyzed how nurse researchers have defined and calculated the CVI, and found considerable consistency for item-level CVIs (I-CVIs). However, there are two alternative, but unacknowledged, methods of computing the scale-level index (S-CVI). One method requires universal agreement among exp…
The Intellectual Achievement of Only Children
A quantitative review of the literature on the intellectual achievement of only children indicated that only children were never at a disadvantage in relation to any comparison group; nor were they significantly different from first-born children or children from two-child families. Moreover, only children were at a significant advantage in comparison with later-born children and those from large families. The consistency of these findings across…
Only Children and Personality Development
A quantitative review of the literature on the personality characteristics of only children was conducted to provide a baseline, archival resource on 16 different personality domains and to advance theory in the area of family configuration effects on personality development. This review combined the results of 141 studies and found that only children scored significantly better than other groups in achievement motivation and personal adjustment.…
Teenage Pregnancy and the Role of the Schools
Counseling for teenage mothers reduces the likelihood of their dropping out of school, and so enhances their future earning power
Quantitative review of the only child literature
Six meta-analyses of the research literature on the only child were conducted in order to evaluate the status of the only child and to guide theory development in this area. The 117 studies included here generated enough information to justify six meta-analyses: Achievement Adjustment Character Intelligence Mental Illness and Sociability. Only children are found to surpass all others except firstborns and people from two-child families in Achieve…
Quantitative review of the only child literature
Early subsequent pregnancy among economically disadvantaged teenage mothers
This study investigated the antecedents and short-term consequences of an early subsequent pregnancy in a sample of economically disadvantaged teenage mothers. Data were gathered over a two-year period from a sample of 675 young mothers living in eight United States cities. Within two years of the initial interview, when half the sample was still pregnant with the index pregnancy, nearly half of the sample experienced a second- or higher-order pr…
Social and Psychological Correlates of Menopausal Symptoms
The present study explored the effects of various demographic and personality variables on the nature and intensity of subjectively menopausal symptoms. Data were collected by means of a mailed questionnaire from 135 menopausal and postmenopausal women from a general urban population. It was found that women who reported a higher number of menopausal symptoms tended to be less well-educated, were less likely to be working, and viewed themselves i…
Stereotypes Relating to Family-Size Status
The present study investigated the existence of socially standardized perceptions (stereotypes) of individuals with different numbers of children. Using an indirect measure in which respondents were asked to describe their perceptions of fictitious individuals assigned one of six family size statuses it was found that voluntarily childless individuals and parents of one child were viewed most negatively. Parents with eight children and involuntar…
The Effects of Family Size, Birth Order, Sibling Separation and Crowding on the Academic Achievement of Boys and Girls
Family constellation variables such as family size, birth order, spacing of children, and crowding were related to academic achievement when IQ was controlled. The sample consisted of 306 girls and 247 boys from large and small families living in four suburban Boston communities. It was found after controlling for IQ that small family boys tended to have better grades than did large family boys. First born girls had higher academic achievement th…
Stereotypes Relating to Family-Size Status
The present study investigated the existence of socially standardized perceptions (stereotypes) of individuals with different numbers of children. Using an indirect measure in which respondents were asked to describe their perceptions of fictitious individuals assigned one of six family size statuses it was found that voluntarily childless individuals and parents of one child were viewed most negatively. Parents with eight children and involuntar…
Early subsequent pregnancy among economically disadvantaged teenage mothers
This study investigated the antecedents and short-term consequences of an early subsequent pregnancy in a sample of economically disadvantaged teenage mothers. Data were gathered over a two-year period from a sample of 675 young mothers living in eight United States cities. Within two years of the initial interview, when half the sample was still pregnant with the index pregnancy, nearly half of the sample experienced a second- or higher-order pr…
The Effects of Family Size, Birth Order, Sibling Separation and Crowding on the Academic Achievement of Boys and Girls
Family constellation variables such as family size, birth order, spacing of children, and crowding were related to academic achievement when IQ was controlled. The sample consisted of 306 girls and 247 boys from large and small families living in four suburban Boston communities. It was found after controlling for IQ that small family boys tended to have better grades than did large family boys. First born girls had higher academic achievement th…
The Effects of Family Size, Birth Order, Sibling Separation and Crowding on the Academic Achievement of Boys and Girls
Family constellation variables such as family size, birth order, spacing of children, and crowding were related to academic achievement when IQ was controlled. The sample consisted of 306 girls and 247 boys from large and small families living in four suburban Boston communities. It was found after controlling for IQ that small family boys tended to have better grades than did large family boys. First born girls had higher academic achievement th…
Stereotypes Relating to Family-Size Status
The present study investigated the existence of socially standardized perceptions (stereotypes) of individuals with different numbers of children. Using an indirect measure in which respondents were asked to describe their perceptions of fictitious individuals assigned one of six family size statuses it was found that voluntarily childless individuals and parents of one child were viewed most negatively. Parents with eight children and involuntar…
Social and Psychological Correlates of Menopausal Symptoms
The present study explored the effects of various demographic and personality variables on the nature and intensity of subjectively menopausal symptoms. Data were collected by means of a mailed questionnaire from 135 menopausal and postmenopausal women from a general urban population. It was found that women who reported a higher number of menopausal symptoms tended to be less well-educated, were less likely to be working, and viewed themselves i…
Quantitative review of the only child literature
Six meta-analyses of the research literature on the only child were conducted in order to evaluate the status of the only child and to guide theory development in this area. The 117 studies included here generated enough information to justify six meta-analyses: Achievement Adjustment Character Intelligence Mental Illness and Sociability. Only children are found to surpass all others except firstborns and people from two-child families in Achieve…
Quantitative review of the only child literature
Early subsequent pregnancy among economically disadvantaged teenage mothers
This study investigated the antecedents and short-term consequences of an early subsequent pregnancy in a sample of economically disadvantaged teenage mothers. Data were gathered over a two-year period from a sample of 675 young mothers living in eight United States cities. Within two years of the initial interview, when half the sample was still pregnant with the index pregnancy, nearly half of the sample experienced a second- or higher-order pr…
Only Children and Personality Development
A quantitative review of the literature on the personality characteristics of only children was conducted to provide a baseline, archival resource on 16 different personality domains and to advance theory in the area of family configuration effects on personality development. This review combined the results of 141 studies and found that only children scored significantly better than other groups in achievement motivation and personal adjustment.…
Teenage Pregnancy and the Role of the Schools
Counseling for teenage mothers reduces the likelihood of their dropping out of school, and so enhances their future earning power
The Intellectual Achievement of Only Children
A quantitative review of the literature on the intellectual achievement of only children indicated that only children were never at a disadvantage in relation to any comparison group; nor were they significantly different from first-born children or children from two-child families. Moreover, only children were at a significant advantage in comparison with later-born children and those from large families. The consistency of these findings across…
The content validity index
Scale developers often provide evidence of content validity by computing a content validity index (CVI), using ratings of item relevance by content experts. We analyzed how nurse researchers have defined and calculated the CVI, and found considerable consistency for item-level CVIs (I-CVIs). However, there are two alternative, but unacknowledged, methods of computing the scale-level index (S-CVI). One method requires universal agreement among exp…
Is the CVI an acceptable indicator of content validity? Appraisal and recommendations
Nurse researchers typically provide evidence of content validity for instruments by computing a content validity index (CVI), based on experts' ratings of item relevance. We compared the CVI to alternative indexes and concluded that the widely‐used CVI has advantages with regard to ease of computation, understandability, focus on agreement of relevance rather than agreement per se, focus on consensus rather than consistency, and provision of both…
Generalization in quantitative and qualitative research
Gender Bias Undermines Evidence on Gender and Health
Getting serious about test–retest reliability
Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Applied Psychology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works)